Four Indian soldiers and a suspected militant were killed on Tuesday in a fierce gunbattle in Indian-controlled Kashmir, police said.  A combined force of police and soldiers were searching for the militants in Poonch district when they came under fire, said police chief SDS Jamwal. The force went into the area, some 220 kilometres northwest of Jammu, after receiving a tip about the presence militants there, Jamwal said. Reinforcements were deployed, and the firefight was ongoing, he said. Meanwhile, Indian police fired tear gas and used bamboo sticks to prevent hundreds of Kashmiri students protesting the scheduled execution of a Kashmiri man convicted of plotting a deadly attack on India's Parliament. There were no reports of casualties. Hundreds of students marched through the Kashmir University campus in Srinagar chanting slogans, such as "Down with the Indian Judiciary," and "We want freedom." When police tried to stop the march, the protesters clashed with the police. |